Thankful Thursday

Posted on by Sandee

It’s Thankful Thursday hosted by Brian of Brian’s Home. He wants us to post what we’re thankful for.

I think it’s a good thing to do each week. Focus on the positive things in our lives.

Make sure you link up to the Blog Hop at Brian’s Home and get the code to put on your blog. Then visit all the participants.

Today, hubby and I are thankful that our first floor remodel is done. We are most pleased with the outcome. This picture below was taken about an hour after they left. There is a lot of dust to deal with, but we so love our new look. They did talk us into replacing all our kitchen lighting to LED and we’re ever so happy we did. What a difference it makes.

What are you thankful for today?

1. Brian’s Home
2. Messymimi
3. Animal Shelter Life
4. It’s a Snap!
5. Timmy Tomcat
6. One Spoiled Cat
7. Zoolatry
8. My GBGV Life		 9. A Shutterbug
10. FriendsFurEver
11. Purrseidon
12. Comedy Plus
13. 15andMeowing
14. Curious as a Cathy
15. My Minds Eye
16. Milo Moments		 17. Catscue
18. Phamily Blog
19. My Tata’s Cottage
20. Eastside Cats
21. Island Cats
22. Create with Joy
23. Coletta’s Kitchen
24. Living with LouLou

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79 thoughts on “Thankful Thursday”

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Not the appliances, but we sure love the counters, the backsplash and the new sink and faucet. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Thank you, Liz. Going for a long walk with your pup is a fun thing indeed. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Memories of Eric and Flynn – I started this blog to show my holiday photos but haven't added to it for so long, but you can see my other holiday photos at https://allatseawithme.blogspot.com My main blog is my cat blog at https://twodevoncats.blogspot.com
    Memories of Eric and Flynn says:

    The kitchen looks lovely.

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We have all our stuff back on the counters now and it’s beautiful. 🙂

      Reply
  6. My GBGV Life – Minnesota, USA – I am a GBGV, Grand Basset Griffon Vendeén - enjoying my life and sharing my experiences.
    My GBGV Life says:

    Wow, your kitchen looks fabulous! It’s easy to see why you are so happy with the project!

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      They did a great job and next year they are going to do the upstairs. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I love the shutters. So easy to keep clean. The mini blinds were so hard to clean. 🙂

      Reply
  10. Eugi – Atlanta Ga – A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2025, my poetry appears in twelve anthologies, and my work is published across six platforms, inclusive of WordPress, PoetrySoup, Spillwords, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025 by Spillwords Press. I’m thrilled in be in the company of such a talented group of kindred souls. Now retired, I enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 40 years being rewarded professionally and personally.
    -Eugi ☕️ says:

    Sandee, your new kitchen is stunning! I love it! Happy Thursday! ❤️

    Reply
  12. Betty – Hello, I am Betty, the author of this blog, and this is my husband, Dan. I retired on 6/30/2018, and Dan retired about a year later, on 5/31/2019. Now that we are both retired, we plan to travel most often in our 23FBKS Micro Lite travel trailer. We also hope to travel other ways occasionally, such as taking a cruise, a roadtrip, perhaps a tour someday. In addition to travel, we like to walk, ride bikes, read, and play Scrabble. I love to write. This blog chronicles our travels in retirement. My purpose in writing this blog is: 1) to offer insight for those who may be making similar trips/adventures in the future 2) to share our adventures with family and friends who care to read and 3) to capture the memories for us. I hope you enjoy reading my blog. I hope it is uplifting, gives you a few smiles and maybe an idea or two. Comments are very much appreciated, and I will respond to all. Thank you for reading, and Happy Travels!
    Betty says:

    Beautiful kitchen! Love the flooring! I am thankful for so many things – my family, our home, our travel trailer, and nature!

    Reply
      • Betty – Hello, I am Betty, the author of this blog, and this is my husband, Dan. I retired on 6/30/2018, and Dan retired about a year later, on 5/31/2019. Now that we are both retired, we plan to travel most often in our 23FBKS Micro Lite travel trailer. We also hope to travel other ways occasionally, such as taking a cruise, a roadtrip, perhaps a tour someday. In addition to travel, we like to walk, ride bikes, read, and play Scrabble. I love to write. This blog chronicles our travels in retirement. My purpose in writing this blog is: 1) to offer insight for those who may be making similar trips/adventures in the future 2) to share our adventures with family and friends who care to read and 3) to capture the memories for us. I hope you enjoy reading my blog. I hope it is uplifting, gives you a few smiles and maybe an idea or two. Comments are very much appreciated, and I will respond to all. Thank you for reading, and Happy Travels!
        Betty says:

        Thank you! Nice to meet you, too!

        Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We love the warm colors too. We had a lot of grey before and it was nice at first and as the years went by we didn’t care for it anymore. Hugs. 🙂

      Reply
  15. Kathe W. – Married to my best pal, mother of three grown children, retired and wouldn't be able to fit work in now-too busy having fun and learning new things every day.
    Kathe W. says:

    woo hoo! Gorgeous new kitchen! Have fun cooking! xoxoxo

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We’re loving it for sure. Pretty much have the first floor completely done. Some lighting and a new front door. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      It’s a great kitchen and hubby is the chef. I’m the clean up gal. 🙂

      Reply
  18. Kismet – New River, Arizona. – I'm a 16 year old Indian Ringneck parrot curmudgeon in New River, Arizona in the wild west country. If you're a sunflower seed, you're dinner.
    Kismet says:

    Replacing the lights with LED won’t save enough money to pay for the remodel.

    Reply
  19. Anne M Robinson says:

    W O W ! Your kitchen looks so beautiful. I know you are happy it is finished and you can now enjoy it. I love that Swiffer dust buster, as I call it. That little thing can pick up all the dirt and dust bunnies flying around with all the pets. I know how thankful you are. Have a wonderful rest of the week and a super weekend too. HUGS and LOVE my friend

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We’re enjoying it very much. We do have a Swiffer and a Bissel steam cleaner. Hugs and love back, Anne. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      When we get done next year we won’t have any carpets anywhere. So done with carpet. Hugs. 🙂

      Reply
  25. Tails Around the Ranch – Denver, CO – The inspiration behind this blog was one knuckleheaded Standard Poodle named Sam but is now inspired by a House Pony-Wilson. I'm Monika, the upright. Living in the Denver metro area, we post about dogs, rescue and nature. So grab your favorite beverage and be prepared to howl along with our adventures. And don't forget to bark your 'pup-tacular' comment; we'd love to hear from you.
    Tails Around the Ranch says:

    Wow, what a beautiful space for fixing and eating meals. Well done with your project!

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We love it very much. So much better than what it looked like before. 🙂

      Reply
  27. The OP Pack says:

    Oh, yes, the kitchen is beautiful. Mom wanted white granite too but Dad didn’t like it. Everything looks marvelous!!! Bet you are happy to have it completed.

    Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Ours is quartz. Granite is to hard to care for. We are happy and the dust is under control too. 🙂

      Reply
  29. messymimi's meanderings – In south Louisiana\'s beautiful swamps.
    messymimi's meanderings says:

    Wow! That does look fabulous, and yes, LED lights are the way to go. As each of our bulbs burn out, we are replacing everything with LED. Enjoy your pretty kitchen. Hugs!

    Reply
  31. Marv, Kozmo, Jo Jo & Nutmeg – Midway, BC – This is our Wordpress login. We also create the badges for the Cat Blogosphere. The Cat Blogosphere is INCLUSIVE! Although it is a US based, we accept all pets from around the world! (Including Canadians and Dogs). Each month you can find badges for special events at the Cat Blogosphere. If you need a smaller size, each Month we upload smaller versions of the badges to our blog (cats-astrophic-events . blogspot . com extra spaces around the .) BTW, we ARE CANADIAN! Elbows Up!
    Marv, Jo Jo, Kozmo, Cinnamon and Barb says:

    Wow! It looks like dream kitchen! I bet you guys will 💘 love 💘 it! We are thankful for you dear fried!

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We love it for sure. We’re glad it’s done. It’s like having a new home. Love to all. 🙂

      Reply
  32. Ducky & Bogie's Mom says:

    WOW! Your kitchen is GORGEOUS!! If mine were like that, I don’t think I’d spend any daytime hours in any other room! It reminds me of a sampler my grandmother made for all her children:

    No Matter Where I Serve My Guests
    It Seems They Like My Kitchen Best

    Happy Friday!!

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    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We spend a lot of time in the kitchen. We really like it. We had a lot of grey before and we love the warm browns now. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I thought it turned out very well. We both love the facelift. Love and hugs to you both. 🙂

      Reply
  34. kittiesblue – Roanoke, VA – Tandem bike rider with the best husband ever (married 47 years), gardener, blogger and kitty addict and caregiver. My license plate is PRRFCT and I have a tattoo of my blog logo on my calf.
    kittiesblue says:

    Sandee, that came out beautifully. I know you will really enjoy it. Big hugs, Janet

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We’re very happy with how it turned out. The first floors looks brand new. Bigger hugs. 🙂

      Reply
  35. Bette A. Stevens – Central Maine, USA – "I'm a writer inspired by nature and human nature!" ~ Bette A. Stevens Bette A. Stevens is a retired teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and childhood literacy and for monarch butterflies, an endangered species. Stevens’s children’s activity book, THE TANGRAM ZOO and WORD PUZZLES TOO! was first published in 1997 by Windswept House Publishing, Mt. Desert, ME; a second edition was self-published by the author in 2012. AMAZING MATILDA , Stevens's second children's book, self-published in 2012, won a 2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Award (Honorable Mention for Excellence in Children's Literature - Ages 6 and older category) and placed #9 on The 2013 Gittle List TOP 10for Self-published Children’s Picture Books. Stevens has written articles for ECHOES, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture based in Caribou, Maine. In 2013, the author published her first book for the YA/Adult audience: PURE TRASH, a short story of a boy growing up in rural New England in a family whose poverty and alcoholism mark him as a target for bullying by young and old alike. This short story is a prequel to Stevens's debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP, A Boomer’s Journey released in January of 2015.
    Bette A. Stevens says:

    Absolutely beautiful, Sandee… 💞 Thankful for another day of autumn leaves glimmering in the sun… xo

    Reply
  39. SamSahana – Learner▪️Explorer▪️Lover of love▪️Hater of Hate▪️Supporter of change▪️Ally of peace▪️Student of life
    SamSahana says:

    A wonderful place to call home 🤍 It’s remarkable! The kitchen is stunning.

    Reply

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